The purpose of the project is to generate significant new knowledge on the strengths and weaknesses characterizing the different models of vocational education and training (VET) at higher secondary level in the Nordic countries.
The technological development of Artificial Intelligence is rapidly evolving, and its implementation is developing in unpredictable patterns. Seventeen new research projects have received funding to support the ethical use of AI.
NordForsk has issued two calls for migration and integration research to generate new knowledge about migration and integration in the Nordics and internationally.
In Kristiansand, new wood-burning stoves are being installed to improve the city’s air quality. This is the result of a research project which has shown that air quality in four Nordic cities is really nothing to write home about.
The main objective of the four year project (January 2013 - December 2016) "Learning spaces for inclusion and social justice: Success stories from immigrant students and school communities in four Nordic countries" is to draw lessons from success stories of individual immigrant students and whole school communities at different levels that have succeeded in developing learning contexts that are equitable and socially just. In the project, students´ success is defined as social as well as academic success.
